Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has completed the final shipment of turbine rotors for the first AP1000 nuclear power plants under construction in China.

A delivery this month completed the journey of three steam generators from the Lingang manufacturing plant near Shanghai to the Yangjiang nuclear power plant site.

Nuclear steam turbines based on Alstom's Arabelle design are to be manufactured at Volgodonsk, Alstom-Atomenergomash has announced.

Two units at South Korea's Yonggwang nuclear power plant have been given permission to restart by the country's regulator. Units 5 and 6 had been offline since early November 2012 when it was discovered that non-safety-critical parts had been supplied using forged certificates.

French nuclear company Areva has confirmed its targets for 2012 and 2013 and says its strategic commercial recovery plan remains on track even though it has revised overall earnings forecasts for 2013 downwards.

A new initiative launched by French nuclear company Areva seeks to streamline the process of reusing components which are surplus to requirements at shut down nuclear power plants.

The first consignment of natural uranium from Australia has arrived in Russia five years after the two nations signed a bilateral agreement enabling such trade to take place.

South Korean regulators are investigating how non-safety-critical parts were apparently supplied to a number of the country's nuclear power plants using forged quality control certificates. Two reactors have been shut down while such parts are replaced.

Three companies keen to help Poland construct its first nuclear power plant have taken further steps to strengthen their local supply chain with the signature of two separate agreements with Polish entitites.

With nuclear new-build investment set to top some $1.5 trillion by 2030, the World Nuclear Association has launched an in-depth report assessing the role and development of a robust and reliable supply chain to support the growing nuclear power sector over the next two decades.

Westinghouse has announced a strategic cooperation with Hutní Montáže, one of the Czech Republic's biggest construction and installation companies. The Czech company could perform a significant portion of the work if Westinghouse is awarded a contract for two AP1000 units at Temelin.

A contract worth over $300 million for the supply of turbine generators for two new units at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Project has been awarded to a consortium between India's Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) and France's Alstom.